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Educational Development in Rhodesia
(Rhodesian Economic Society (RES). University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1968-12)The first mission station established in what is now Rhodesia was the L.M.S. venture at Inyati in 1859. It was not until nearly 30 years later that a second missionary group entered the country (the Roman Catholics at ... -
The Economics of African Housing
(Rhodesian Economic Society (RES). University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1969-12)African housing is really a moral problem. What you do about it depends on your sense of values. And of course your political common sense as well, for you haven’t a hope of building a stable and contented society—which ... -
Rift Valley Fever in Rhodesia: Report of a Case in a Laboratory Worker
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1958-07)Rift Valley fever or enzootic hepatitis is an acute virus infection transmitted by mosquitoes and is pathogenic under natural conditions for sheep and cattle. Man may be infected by direct transmission through contact with ... -
Knowledge Base and Reflective Practice in Teacher Education in Zimbabwe: Curriculum Continuity or Ideological Confusion?
(Department of Teacher Education (DTE) University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1997-07)This is a contribution and critique of the debate initiated by Dzvimbo's (1991) article on the nature of knowledge and discourse practices in Zimbabwe's teacher training colleges (Zimbabwe Bulletin of Teacher Education, ... -
The Dynamics of Trade and Economic Relations in Southern Africa: Current Status and Options for the Future
(Department of Economics, University of Zimbabwe. (UZ), 1991-10)The aim of this paper is to discuss economic and trade relations in Southern Africa, both the current status and options for the future. The region considered covers eleven countries, namely, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, ... -
Economic Growth through Industrialisation
(Rhodesian Economic Society (RES). University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1969-09)Arising from the experience of the pioneers of industrialisation, who have become the twentieth century’s highly industrialised states, high rates of longterm economic growth have come to be, not only associated with, but ... -
Dispersal of Economic Activity and Industrial Development.
(Rhodesian Economic Society (RES). University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1969-09)Ever since Lord Keynes propounded his “General Theory”, it has increasingly come to be held that man is not merely a cork on the economic ocean, being flung this way and that by blind economic forces, but that he can ... -
Issues on Curriculum Development for Moral Education
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2006-03)Curriculum design and implementation has been a preserve of educational policy makers and curriculum designers from time immemorial More often, emphasis has been on drawing up a curriculum that prepares children for the ... -
Economic Co-operation in Southern Africa
(Rhodesian Economic Society (RES). University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1969-09)The purpose of this paper is no more than to put forward some basic concepts which, to my mind, would have to underlie the economic policies of the various states on the sub-continent of Southern Africa if we all wish to ... -
Industrial Growth and the Subsistence Economy
(Rhodesian Economic Society (RES). University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1969-09)It goes without saying that, in any country, advance in one sector of the national economy will benefit the nation as a whole and may well have profound effects upon other sectors, and the purpose in presenting this paper ... -
Industrialisation and Employment in Rhodesia
(Rhodesian Economic Society (RES). University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1969-09)Professor Lewis of Manchester University has defined industrialisation as being broadly the application of capital and scientific techniques to economic activity. This process does not in itself at all times provide ... -
Bilharziasis in the African Infant and Child in the Mtoko District, Southern Rhodesia
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1958-07)This study was undertaken with several objects in view.. First of all we wanted to know how frequently bilharziasis is likely to infest infants up to the age of two years in an endemic area. On first thoughts it would seem ... -
Rift Valley Fever in Southern Rhodesia
(Faculty of Medicine, Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University College of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe), 1958-07)Rift Valley fever is a virus disease characterised by a short incubation period, typical liver lesions and heavy mortality in young lambs and calves. The aetiological agent is an arthropod- borne pantropic virus exhibiting ... -
Parental Involvement in the Education of Children with Special Needs
(Department of Teacher Education (DTE) University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1997-07)Children with special educational needs deserve more parental support in their learning than ordinary children do. Most parents are reluctant to involve themselves fully in the profession they are not experts in. Educators ... -
Alternative Development Strategies for Zimbabwe
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Workers Participation in the Company Decision Making Process and Companies Social Responsibility
(Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1989)The starting point in this article is to look at the Companies Act Chapter 190 and determine whether there is anything in the Act that allows for employees of the company to participate in the decision-making process within ... -
Customary Law Courts Restructured Once Again: Chiefs and Headmen Regain Their Judicial Functions
(Faculty of Law, University of Rhodesia ( now University of Zimbabwe.) (UZ), 1989)After the attainment of independence on 18 April, 1980 the colonial judicial administration of Headmen, Chiefs and Native Commissioners which had been primarily responsible for the administration of customary law during ... -
Africanizing Employment in Zimbabwe: The Socio-Political Constraints
(Rhodesian Economic Society. University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe.), 1979-09)The racially-structured nature of the occupational structure in Zimbabwe during the "Rhodesian Years", 1890-1979, with its built-in bias favouring White employees, has been amply documented elsewhere O) and requires no ... -
Approaches to Teaching Practice and their Implications for Teacher Education Programmes in Zimbabwe
(Department of Teacher Education (DTE) University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 1997-07)Several approaches to teaching practice are possible. Much current discussions on the ways and means of improving teacher education is focused on this practical element of teacher preparation. (Stones and Morris, 1972). Some ... -
An Economic Determination of the Optimal Price and Harvest Rates for Sustainable Commercial Indigenous Timber Management in Zimbabwe: A Case Study of Mzola in Matebeleland
(Department Of Agricultural Economics and Extension (DAEE) (University of Zimbabwe) (UZ), 1999-02)A number of reports (see Judge, 1975, World Bank, 1993, Forestry Commission, 1995, Mushove, 1994) show that Commercial Indigenous Timber (CIT) appears to be exploited at an unsustainable rate. Over-exploitation and wasteful ...